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Clematis 'Ashitaka'

Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals purplish blue. Anthers yellow. The cultivar name is the name of a mountain (Saitama).


Raised by: Susumu Nibune
Country of origin: Japan
Date raised:  1983
Parentage:  Murasakahime (s) x 'Kotobuki' ('unknown' cultivar!)
Further detail: Flower diameter: 7cm
Tepals: 6-8; long and wide, overlapping, wavy-margined with a cuspidate tip